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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 2,267 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Westcliffe 20 Redhills Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AU
Received 8 Jan 202417 Inglemere Gardens Arnside Carnforth LA5 0BX
Received 27 May 2026121 HIGH STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SH
Received 1 Jul 2013Ford Park House Ford Park ULVERSTON LA12 7JP
Received 22 Apr 20261 YEW TREE COTTAGES, SHAP, PENRITH, CA103PS
Received 31 Jul 20037 Kents Bank House, Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 14 Aug 2018Field parcel north east of High Barns Levens KENDAL LA8 8EG
Received 14 Feb 2024275 VALLEY DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 7SJ
Received 30 Jan 2004Milton House Crooklands MILNTHORPE LA7 7NL
Received 6 Sept 20241 LINDEN PARK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RW
Received 1 May 201526 KING STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DZ
Received 20 Oct 200583, CLIFFORD ROAD, PENRITH
Received 9 Oct 2002Grange C Of E School 4 Fell Drive GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JF
Received 26 Nov 2024Five Trees Beetham Road Milnthorpe LA7 7QR
Received 17 Feb 2026RYDAL MOUNT, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LB
Received 25 Aug 2015CROFT HOUSE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 7 Jun 20212 Lower Brook Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EE
Received 20 Oct 2021147 Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4EN
Received 1 Jul 2015GREYSTOKE MOOR PLANTATION, GREYSTOKE MOOR, BERRIER, PENRITH
Received 29 Jul 2003Ulverston Sports Club Priory Road ULVERSTON LA12 9HT
Received 13 Aug 2024TOWNHEAD FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 15 Aug 2018MARSDEN FARM, FARLETON, LA6 1PB
Received 27 Feb 2012Annexe The Pastures Templands Lane Allithwaite Grange-Over-Sands LA11 7QY
Received 19 Aug 2025COPPER BEECH LODGE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QX
Received 22 Feb 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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